Levine's Life Lessons

Dreams do not come true lying in bed, Dreams do not come true when they remain in your head. No, dreams are made by the force of will, They ...

Don’t turn off the light you have much yet to do, The stars are always brightest on cold, clear nights, true? You have people unmet never se...

    A shot rang out in Philadelphia, The car didn’t stop, but their hearts did. No reason at all for the madness, No reason or cau...

  He wished he had gone directly home, Instead of making a bad decision that he now has to own.   He gave the woman her money, The...

Crickets chirping. Willows cry. Stars so bright in the sky. The moonlight glistened, The air was still, I watched it all and drank my fill. ...

    It’s hard to fit my love on a sheet that’s 8 by 10, Because I love you so much, and your more than just a friend.   I could ca...

  Have you spent your day, And not admired the sky? Have you thought to yourself, I don’t know why?   Stone and steel replace ga...

Apologies to Matthew, but this is not about you. This is for the things we seek but can never quite attain. When I see the green lights in t...

    The Covid-19 virus is here. The people are feeling fear. And still I say, stay strong!   The hospitals are filled. The peo...

It seems that everyone has at least one dating horror story on the road to a good relationship. Unfortunately, my road is more like the Beat...

I wanted to inform my readers that I am in the process of putting this blog into book format which should be available (I hope) by the end o...

Hey God, are you there? Its’ me do you have some time to spare? I want to know if you really care, To find out if you are more than just pla...

    It’s 8:30 p.m. do you know where you heart it is? I know where mine is, It’s here at the park with my mother and brother, As w...

  This is poem is based on a true encounter that I witnessed in a store. Young man, young man, what is it that you have there? Two six packs...

Are obsessions ever good for us?  Do they ever make us strong?  Or do they just bring us to our knees?  Because we know that they are wrong....

God, I’ve never been a religious person before, But I need your strength to help me endure. I am in pain, but it’s not from disease, It’s be...

Anthony Bourdain hung himself,  And Kate Spade too,  And I felt powerless,  Because I didn’t know what to do.  I don’t want to leave flowers...

  The sun is warm in my room,  And I wonder what we will have to do soon. It’s getting much thinner out there, High in the sky, the strato...

Walking down that long aisle, Whistling songs all the while, On the way to my trial, Question is who to dial, and what plea to file. The gua...

T onight I dreamt of Tulsa U nderstanding it less and less L oss of life because of hatred, jealousy, and fear S o many African American liv...

I did not attend the Memorial Day parade, But it wasn’t because I had nothing to say. It wasn’t because I did not believe, It wasn’t because...

When my brother Bruce and I visited Hawaii with our family a few years ago, we had the opportunity of experiencing ...

Do you know brave?  I think I might,  I don’t think it’s me,  At least not every night.  I see it in the soldiers,  The FDNY,  The police wh...

  They can fill us with pride Or burn us from inside The things that we remember  The things that we did Can haunt our time awake And make...

  BLM what does it all mean? It means equality And not some idle dream. I see men and women  From different walks of life. I see them marchi...